My Stealth project - piccys

Danlube

Well here is my progress so far with the Stinky revamp. Mainly a new paint job, from the olive army drab green to a matt black finish. Just waiting on my new mech from crc to arrive so i can finish building the rear end up. In a nutshell, the idea was to have two relatively matching bikes, one a full suss and the other a ht. Thoughts so far?

Will get decent pics once project is completed with the bikes outside, with full spec lists.

blister pus

Nice job on the paint work. Matt black stealth look, mmm, can't fail in my book so I'm biased. Needs small amount of red on it though, QR seat clamp, etc

Danlube

Yeah Stinkys paintjob came out better that the Shred. I learnt from my mistakes doing Shreds paint

Stoo61

I can see your forks.....

nicklouse

the pain with matt paint is it looks crap very quickly as it is a pain to get the mud out of it.

Danlube

nicklouse wrote:

the pain with matt paint is it looks crap very quickly as it is a pain to get the mud out of it.

I sprayed the Shred about 6 months ago, still looks good as new. Spraying some hairspray over the top creates a nice layer which eventually smooths the paint making it easy to clean. The paint is car paint. Once the frame is left to dry in a warm room for about 1-2 months the paint becomes very strong. Prior to spraying i spent a few weeks sanding down and adding a few thin layers of base coat, once that had time to dry and harden i sprayed 6 layers of thin matt black allowing a day for each layer to dry. Works a treat.

RealMan

I bet you end up getting confused one day and taking the wrong bike out.

Danlube

RealMan wrote:

I bet you end up getting confused one day and taking the wrong bike out.

I will soon notice half way down the trail, they both vary in weight somewhat

RealMan

I didn't even notice there were two bikes (skipped text, went straight to pictures.. ) until I saw the hardtails forks and thought, "toras?!?! on a stinky?!??! What is he thinking.."